The Sun. — London, England, 1808-06-23 00:00:00

purgreci by- " ourrelres ;" and•that so . far from udgwent bring warped by any feelings 'of „, • • Usti - -V *Nat-Li& cur enernies," the sole objt ct he appears to hayejtad in v!ew, and which he laboured to support with all the faculties of his soul, was to • 'justify them in every particular, Et tare - e4pence of this country! 'Again, " In speaking of other Governments, our I-Jraise or our censure-is too often distributed, not ac tordtug to their positive deserts; but according to the attnchment or enmity which they manifest to- Wards ourselvei;" p. 14. This too, Mr.-RoscOc . kvishes to impose upon the public as an apology for himself! for him ! who displays in all his politi cal writings a determined aversion towards ," our-- • Vlves•;" and appears to value "other Governtnepts" in proportion to the enmity;with which they pursue us ! What-instance of partiality 'Pi his country has he ever shewn, what mark Of common justice, that be should think it necessary to apologise for a warmth which'he neverfelt, and which he is totally incapable of feeling ? " But," continues Mr. Rosen, " it may per haps be said, that it •is necessary to keep up the spirit of our .naval and military defenders„by frg quent representations of the miscondud and guilt of • our enemies !" Much as we dislike the political prin ciples of Mr. Roscoe, we had certainly far rather endure thern with all their virulence, than accept his concessions in our favour, or adopt his kind sig-. gestions as to the mode of keeping up the spirits of the Army and Navy. lye flatter ourselves that our brave defenders have nobler motives to inflame their ardour, than " representations of the guilt of our enemieA ;" -and if they had not, such.re.pt / esentations tou;.;i.t be sought in vain in the. pages of Mr. Roscoe, which are dedicated solely to displaying - their virtues,. teed criminating the holy cause for which " our na val and military" heroes are in arms. So it is, that this Liverpool lapwing, " tongue-foe from heart i " . proceedi through a number of dull pages, to draw the attention away from his real okieti, by snivelling. and whining pl , as (r justice to others, when the !Irtrge against him, :.charge, too, which blackens all his labours, is, that.he'is unjust 10 OUrsehres....p. This he cannot, nay, he dares not, attempt to refute; ;Ind hence his attempts. to mislead the Reader, by . . chiitteng a charaeter which he never assume& and answ,ring o'ljetlions which no one ever did him the hollow of raising against him !' - In the - plenitude of his patriotiim, however, Ite edmirs, "ihat every subject ought to feel a love for' Iris Country " But *to prevent any - improper use being ttade of this admission, he immediately adds, hal the HtfeetiOni are not voluntary !" Argal, it .would be uncandid to blame any ma:i if he does not love his .Country; or, what is still more to_the pur, o'e, if he admirei its enemies, 'and writes stu pid pamphlets in their justification. Besides, adds he, " to be loved and esteemed, a country must be virtuous." And as every individual will, 'of course, - fudge of this virtue," and regulate the degree of it, by. its approximation to his..own pre-conceived opi nions, it follows , that nothing Can . be more tiuctuat .ibg, *Carious, and fallible, than this hive of our Conptry, which we• had foolishly imagined to be a feeling paramount and • prior to these considerations, 'inti implanted by the Great BenefaBor in the heart bf man 14. the kindest and wisest purples. Truth,' • luiwiweri obliges - us to Subjoin, that our Liverpool Mend is not singular in his creed, as we perfectly iecollea seeing-the same opiniun maintained in the writings orMAEAT, COUTIONT, 'ROBESPIERRE, and other :celebrated admirers 0f..!.' virtue," who fort tried) , danced in the train of 'Mr: anscox's " God dess Of Liberty, over the eitie-covered hills and gay. xillies of France!" 'SO much" for - the Priface. The ohjett 'of Mr, Aosc6B, in his Pamphlet, to• which we are now: arrived, is to shew that his Ma jesty'sllinisters have been insincere in all their pro .ftssionvof desiring a just and honourable Peace; and be pretends to prove• it . by an examination of tbe'official documents which have been submitted to Parliament. "That the repeated assurances of his Majesty that he has • never refused to listen to any suggestions which appeared likely to the attain • went of, a seenre_and durable Peace, should have a pOwerful etfett, says Mr. Roscoe, in convincing the world at• Jorge, and the - sullietas of these realms in : particular, that Ministers are sincere in their endea- yours to obtain -the great objea which they, profess to hive' in view, is not surprising." (R 6.) .Very true; and as t his general convidion is contrary to Thu hopes and wishes of Mr. Roscps anal his Party, it is stillless ,surprising that he should be goa . ded forward by an interested anxiety to destroy it. That his suctetts is not equal to his zeal, we remark with more pleasure than astonishment: , Low as we rate , the political talents of the .-man, we,cerfainly gave him credit for more underktanding; titan the dull and futile attempt before us discovers; though we were so Confident of the strength td the cause w,biell h e h as undertaken to combat, that we should havelea re d no " impediment from twenty times his stop," • -". Three propetitions, Mr. ROSCdR observes, Were made in .the course of the year 1807, for *opening Negotiations with Great 13ritain:' two of the s e were made by Austria, and one through the Medium of RUssia."- It would be more corre&, if correctness were at all the obje& of Mr. Itosccie,. to give one of the two " Propositions of Austria" to France,. Cer tainly that country had no .more to do with the coi! Offer than Cochin China. It was a stale diplo matic trick, praEtised for the hundredth tiine ; by BU . OI4APARTE for the service of such dupes as Mr. Roscoe, or. such knaves as-, may choose to raise an 'argument on it against the wisdom and integrity Of their Country. " But, adds Mr. ItoscuE, " it . may be .presumed that the 'very making a proposal' to negotiate is, in itself, a sufficient proof of the-de sire, at least, of a pacification !" (P. 8.) Slid ! Mr. ROSCOE and Count STAHREMBERG " are both in a tale." : " This frank invitation," says that pene trating and' independent Minister," must timdsh a proof of the good faith and sincere intention of Fraiice to put an end to the calamities of war r (App. p. 59 .) But what sayslhe good old pioverb ? Qui.va bt:te a Rom, bete en revitnt. Both Mr. Rnien E and Count STAHREMBERG 'Mist have witnessed veral instances where not only ‘ 1 invitations," but negotiations,, a&ually begun, were encouraged by France, not,. only with no wish for Peace, but with a most determined resolution to 'perpetuate and ex tend the calamities of war ; yet they lay clown their most abstird maxim, " good dionest souls," -- as if it were a mathematical truth, and one which had never excited the risibility of mankind. After this specimen of political sagacity, Mr. Roscoe: enters seriously on his task, and proceeds in the bus i ness of misconception►, or.miirepresentation, to the end of his treatise,, with a uniformity of dull malevolence which is truly surprising. On the 1/:Qh April, 1807, the Austrian Ambassador, in London, transmitted to his. Majesty's Ministers a propo.:;iti)an frdnvins Master, ofiitring his amicable mediation fur effeCting a Peace. " The Emperor," continues the Official Note, with equal dignity acid truth, " would think that he had but imperfettly expressed his fer 7 vent desiqe for Peace, and the. hope of itstOinplete and speedy re-establiihment, if he did not state the eistire convielion he • feels,. that it is only by the united endeavours of the Powers principally con cerned in the War, and by a negotiation in common,' which should embrace the whole of their reciprocal interests, that permanent tranquillity,. and a. secure. 4nd solid Peace can be attained," " His Imperial Majesty, from that firm persuasion, conceives that this pacific - overture should be made by HIM in com mon to those Cabinets which ar'e, in the first„in stance,. to take a part in ,the conferences.''--It will scarcely be credited but by those who , know what the frenzy of party, operaing upon inebriety, is capable of effeCting,. that Mr. Roscoa has °Mined every syllable of what we have quoted, , though the only material part of the Austrian proposition, and contented himself with - giving the - remainder, Of the sentence , which simply names the three principal Courts whom the Emperor proposes to invite to enter into, negotiations ! In his answer, ' Mr. CANNING frankly " accepts, so far as his Majesty is concerned, thesoffer of this mediation, subje& only to the condition," surely a very wise and just one, " of a like acceptance of the , other 'Powers engaged in the:War." But, says Mr. Roscos (p. 16),' in the Official 140te, accompanying this answei,-. it is said, that " to such negotiations, whenever the-consent Of the other parties interested.in them shall be . ohtained, the King will willingly accede; and his Majesty 54111 lose no' time in communicating with such of thOse Powers as are conne&ed with him by The bonds of amity and colifictential intercourse, for the purpose of ascertaining their views; and,, if those views shall be favourable to his - IMperial Majesty's proposal, of concerting with them/the mode in which such. ne gotiations should be opened," &c. By that pious fraud which we noticed above, and in which the puritans, as well as the 'politicians, of the. new school, are somewhat tog prone to in dulge, we mean, ,by suppressing float part of the State Paper to which Mr. OA*lctlNG's answer solely refers, , M.r. Abseil": contrives to keep the true state of the question out of sight; -and render the busi ness of perversion and abuse pettedly easy. " From this answer,'' says he, " it appears that ale adop,' Lion of further measures rested entirely on the result 6f this previous inquiry, whether the views of the Allies of Great Britain were favourable to, his perial Majesty's proposal." Mr. Roscoz knew, though. he was too staunch a patriots (who, as he sturdily Maintains in .his Preface, must be a .Virtuous ' man) .to let his 'readers know, that there. was a measure previOus to , this, namely, :the :voluntary , offer (which , he pmeealed) *of his IrripeflariVlaj6ty to sound the inclinations Of`PUUNAPARTE 09 open ing a. neg,otiation.. To this the answer of , Mr, CANNING must be referred; it accepts. the 'Empe- I • . - , - •• for!s proposa l , lookiforward 'to its "~secutioti, .and, in th e ptotnises to'COmMunicate with such Powers as are connthed with his Majesty by the bonds of-amity and 'cogfideidia/ intercour,e; among which, France, and, thanks to the imbecility of Mr. Roscoe's friends, Rtissia„ could at this time scarcely be reckoned. Did Austria,. a question which 'Nr.. Roscoe forgets to put, cOnsiitt. those Powers ? and, if she did, was the result communi cated to this Gth , ernment ? If 'it were, it seems strange that no reference is made to it in the subsequent Manifesto of Austria and Russia: and, if no appliCation was nude. to them, there appears no kind of necessity for Mr. CANNING to volunteer- a display . of the views of our Antes. .The raa. undoubtedly is, that though Austria, Who seems to have profited as little as Mr. ROSCOE by experience, .indulged .a hope that Bub- wiTAaTE might be prevailed upon". to treat for " a general Peace ;". the Secretary for *Foreign Affairs wis justly suspicious of his views, and therefore waited for the 'result of the application of the Aug-. trial). Court, before he committed himself or his Country. . • .CANNING Itnew, though Mr. Roscoc ap pears ignorant of it, that BuotctrArs:z was no par ticular admirer of general pacificatious! A partial Peace, he would make .as soon as - another; be would, for instance, make peace with Sweden, at the expence of the ", magnanimous King of Den- nprk," or with Pr4sia, at the'expence of Russia, or with, this Country, at the expellee of all . the world, because what was given might be resiinied ; but a Peace, like' that tbridly prop - o,ed . by Austria, which should embrace all the interests of ail the, Belligerent' Powers, was rabpuguant to his inveterate habits, and would certainly be only entered upon in . a , case of the List extremity. With a caution, there , fore, iniinetely useful to his Country, and no less creditable to his political talents, does he exact, as a measure previous to any farthericommuniearioni on the part of Great Britain, a knowledge of the vies s of the Enemy. a . - "-Thus," says, I‘l. Roscoe, " the Ministry took the further prosecution of this,business wholly ou t of the -hands of Austria, and informed the Ambas sador that they would los , : no time in consulting with their Allies ! ! 12. .Here is the mischief of deception. Mr. RO,SCOE insidiously suppresses mention of the proposal of Austria, and then ac cuses the Government of being a party to his own artifice ! BefOre Austria had sounded the disposition of this Country, she generously declaredher in ten tion of consulting . 11:e principal Belligerent P0m,.. / erii # as to their pacific disposition, This other she rnat;cs to England,, not conditionally, but simply, as to cane of the 'parties. It is readily. accepted—and this ceptation Mr. Roscoe is, pleased to term " taking the business wholly. oat of her hands !' His reason is, at least, as curious as ',any other part of this'cu ., views prOceeding : ate Ministry promised ".tliat they would lose no time .in consulting with such as were conneeled with u: by the bonds of co'nfidential,inter cour,sv,ii therefore, concludes he, Austria WU& pre vented from applying to France !.! ! With this, says Mr. Roscoe, ended all the ef . forts ,of Great ,Britain to, improve the friendship c.f Austria. He afterwards, indeed, recollehs that copies Of this correspondence were transnittied to Mr. Annte ;" but with that convenient obliviousness so useful to a virtuous -patriot, he contrives to for , get ,that, together with those copies, Mr. CAN-. NaiG also transmitted an original leiter to Mr. ' Anme, requiring that, " in case any communi' cation; should -be made to ' , him on the subje& to which the correspondence related, he would' not fail to for Ward them home.by the most secure anderp alarms ntorle of cunvelitmee."- 7 —App. p: 8 Can any thing be clearer than that INlinisters expeaed Aus, tria; according tc) beryoluntary offer, to apply to France, on the subjea.ela general pacification, and acquaint them with , the result; for which they ap pear-to be anxiorrirwaiting ? At this .tiroe I R t.so—,ar. of PEMBROKE was dispatch.; ed to Vienna, and in a note to him, dated a fortnight after that to Mr. Anutt, Mr. CANNISG, informs him : „ that " his.. Majesty has accepted unequivocally" —this • word Mr. Roscoe " patrioticaliy" - ornits-4- " as far be is himself concerned, the proffered me diation of.the Emperor . _Of Austria." Here Mr: fIosCOE makes a discovery which must astonish even those who think highest of his political perspicuity, those, for instance, who sent thin to,Parliament : it is—" that there could be no occasion to.dispatch a special Envoy tb Vienna to iniinire..into the pacific disposition-of Austria."—P. 13. ' Certainly . . not :--but, as SuALESVEARE's tragic chara6ters are said to have " always a conceit in their misery," so Mr. Roscoe may be always understood to have a glimpse of..mischief intis folly. As Lord PEU SSOKU was not seta to sound the pacific intention; of Austria, AVith wliotn, be it observed to Mr. Rvs coE's•credit, we had never been at war, it "_therefore ' • , follows that his,, naW9n Wns We scarcely know iithether to pity or d t t,. mind capable of such as'sinine stupidity, or such r.?. , treme perversity. As. interests of the highest nature were now supposed to be in a train of agitatio; would not a - candid or an honest opponent have gined that Ministers might have sent a confittent::A agent of high rank and honour to give - credit to their sincerity, and to treat of them More effectually of the spot ? • Yet, because Austria was at peace us, Mr. ROSCoE can fnid no objet in an honeara:, ble mission to that Court, but a declaration tit %or! Having concluded this part of his subject tit[ so brilliant a ipecimen of his .political acct en, ,he tri; . umphandy exclaims " the impntial rag judge bow far the assurances.of the British' llitti~- try (of tht British •Monarch, if Mr. pleases),—ot their earnest and constant desire Jrl ti , c attainment of peace, lire consistent with their ar • parent neglect of the most dire& and palpable means of carrying thatdesire into effect:!--P. 15. 0! what in . Jas the work' lost by the oscitancy of Liverpw l, not sending this Solon again- to Parliament ! We come now - to Russia. And here Mr. Itoscos b bins leis c inis miserable silence letissue,ie manly oftl deception accts it°bl~ 1101 e of Lord GRANVILLE LEVESON to General Ila,n• am -to, from.Mctnel; and the •bet'ter .reply aF tits General, which criminateaiii die strongest an 4 ( P ast terrns; the scandalous n e gleet a nd 'apathy' "f that imbecile Administration to-which Mr. Ite!co theclung to ► spread Itiftel.iii ,vhdsicil disgust suspicion, every alb' i"'?' and thrnugh the whole of made on the Einpefor of 'Russia• by thiN unfeeliq abmidonment riwst t Ito whole of his subsequou con' .dua be reft:rred; and this it•uncroubtedly wits ti'l,icit. induced the " impartiar Mr. Roscoe to keel' it '.wholly out of sight ! So knaves are . flattered, and ft6lll. misled ! and so shameless partizans writer thical The first transaaion which Mr. llosoor. noticesis the communication of the Peace of Tilsit by Al r ALorEus,- together with the oder of the Eulllool Russia to.mediate for the conclusion of a i naritiatO Peace bets seeti EtigLithl and •Ifrance. In his acs Mr. CANNIIG' conditionally accepts the inctiiittiott; but requires; as a . preliiitinary, the catnnionicatioa the Treaty of Tilsit, and the statement of the prill e pies on Russia founded 1 . 16 - belief the Fr at ' eB ,l - was truly desirous Of a Peace.' As Mr. A corclis 11h neither of these to afford, the correspondence ceased'l, and indeed we shotrid not have advette.l to it a t I .s bad it not been for a finwant instance of disin2;eq i , wilie:s Mr. Roscog ekltibitsin his view of it. his secaion on Austria, he declares, that " not ,a s' l " gle line has been produced by Mihister.i to sb e ' t hat any attempt but . tlioe which he has rgelitio;;et., was made to prove their pticific purposes." P. Now, it so happens, thdt closely and ititiniately on• ,ef netted with that part of CANNINU' 6 which he' has quoted, two very dire a and iinP O4 ." ant instances are - spnified; this cctv'e rn : • J meat had manifested its eagerness to negoti:lte fr t' peace under-the tuyst unfavourable, circumstaacti* APP- p. 15. 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